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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Virginia slave-trader's business letter on the eve of Civil War Heading(African-American – slave trade, 1860)AuthorTaylor, WilliamHeadlineVirginia slave-trader's letter on eve of Civil WarDate PublishedAug. 21, 1860 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #6 Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space Heading(Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins)AuthorCollins, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & Michael CollinsPublisherGrove PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #9 Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections AuthorBarnum, P.T.HeadlineInscribed by P.T. Barnum to his niecePublisherThe Courier CompanyDate Published1882 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #18 Manuscript legal complaint filed against some 11 Chinese residents of Nevada County of illegal gambling Heading(California - Chinese Gambling)HeadlineChinese gambling in Nevada County, CaliforniaDate PublishedFebruary 25, 1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #24 Manuscript ledger for the First National Gold Bank of Petaluma, California Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlineCash at Petaluma Bank, 1874-1891Date Published1874-1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #28 US Navy officer who officially "named" the city of San Francisco - letter as Coast Surveyor to a pioneering meteorologist Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBartlett, Washington A.HeadlineLetter from US Navy Lieutenant who officially "named" San FranciscoDate PublishedOct. 13, 1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #33 Vistas de San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley Heading(California - San Jose)AuthorHare, AliceHeadlinePhotos of Santa Clara Valley 1904PublisherM. RiederDate Published1904 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #36 Index to Assessment Rolls, Sonoma County, for 1885 Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineCitizenry of Sonoma County assessed, 1885Date Published1885 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #37 Letter from H.H. McKinstry in Two Rock Valley, Sonoma County, California, to his brother back east, describing life in California, primarily the agricultural bounty Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorMcKinstry, Henry HarrisonHeadlineLetter from Sonoma County, 1862Date PublishedFE. 16, 1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #39 California Heading(California Series)AuthorMcCarthy, John Russell, editorHeadlineCalifornia series signed by California pioneersPublisherPowell Publishing Co.Date Published[1928-1929] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #45 Canadian Irish Catholic riots against anti-Vatican speeches by Italian ex-Priest – letter by American emigrant Heading(Canada - Gavazzi riots)AuthorBuck, M.A.Headline18532 Irish Catholic riots in Canada - letter by a Yankee emigrantDate PublishedOct. 24, 1853. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #46 1915 photograph of notorious inter-racial couple in San Francisco Chinatown Heading(Chinatown – Photograph)Headline1915 Photo of notorious Chinatown inter-racial coupleDate Published1910-1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #47 Hand-drawn Map by inventor of the Maynard Carbine Heading(Civil War inventor)AuthorMaynard, EdwardHeadlineHand-drawn NY map by Civil War gun inventorDate Publishedca. 1831-1833 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #54 Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880 AuthorDu Bois, W.E.B.HeadlineSigned by W.E.B. Du BoisPublisherS.A. RussellDate Published1956 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #64 The Grand Cañon of Arizona Through the Stereoscope: The Underwood Patent Map System combined with eighteen original stereoscopic photographs. Heading(Grand Canyon - Stereo Views)HeadlineStereo views of Grand CanyonPublisherUnderwood & UnderwoodDate Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #77 Ending the Mexican-American War - letter by French merchant in Mexico Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorSescosse, N.[eree]HeadlineEnding the Mexican-American War - French observer's letterDate PublishedApril 4, 1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #78 Manuscript cookbook, in Spanish, from Mexico Heading(Mexico - Manuscript Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican Cookbook c.1920sDate Publishedc.1910-1920's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #79 Two manuscript cookbooks in Spanish, from Mexico, created by a young girl Heading(Mexico - Manuscript Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript cookbooks of Mexican schoolgirl, c.1920Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #80 Letter on Mexican political chaos after Iturbide's abdication Heading(Mexico - post-Independence)Author[Manuel Huerta?]HeadlineLetter, Mexican political chaos after Independence from SpainDate PublishedAug. 26, 1823 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #107 Ohio woman emigrant to Florida awaits her husband’s return from the Texas Revolution Heading(Texas, Florida – Slaves, Indians)AuthorMacomb, Mary WorthingtonHeadlineWife of a Texas Revolutionary hero in Indian-threatened FloridaDate PublishedDec. 15, 1835 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #134 Five card-mounted Yosemite views by Gustav Fagersteen AuthorFagersteen, GustavHeadlineFive card-mounted Yosemite views by Gustav FagersteenPublisherGustav Fagersteen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #143 Carte-de-visite photograph portrait of J.M. Hutchings, pioneer promoter of the Yosemite Heading(Hutchings, James Mason)HeadlineCDV of J.M. Hutchings by HouseworthPublisherThomas Houseworth & Co.Date Publishedc,1875 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #161 A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California by the "University Excursion Party" AuthorLeConte, JosephHeadlineLe Conte's Ramblings with original photographsPublisherFrancis & ValentineDate Published1875 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #164 Daybook and Ledger for the Mariposa Hotel Heading(Mariposa Hotel)HeadlineLedger & daybook for Mariposa Hotel 1890'sDate Published1890-1895 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #172 The Writings of John Muir, Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineManuscript edition of John Muir's WritingsPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1916-24 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #174 1902 photo album featuring Yosemite Heading(Photograph Albums)Headline1902 photo album featuring YosemiteDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #175 Album of original photographs of early an 20th century California vacation, including many shots of Yosemite Heading(Photograph Albums)HeadlineCalifornia vacation photos 1909-14, including shots of YosemiteDate Published[1912-1914] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #177 Early 20th century photo album with many shots of Yosemite Heading(Photograph Albums)HeadlineEarly 20th century Yosemite photo albumDate Published[c.1910] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #179 Photograph album with many Yosemite views by C.E. Watkins and others, with imprints of Isaiah W. Taber and others Heading(Photograph Albums)AuthorTaber, I.W., et alHeadlineYosemite views by I.W. Taber and othersDate Published[c.1880s?] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #180 Three Yosemite view books Heading(Photograph Albums)HeadlineThree Yosemite view booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #181 Yosemite Photo album circa 1886 Heading(Photograph Albums)HeadlineYosemite Photo album circa 1886Date Published[c.1886] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #182 Yosemite photo album circa 1940s with Ansel Adams print Heading(Photograph Albums)Headline1940s Yosemite photo album with Ansel Adams printDate Published[c.1940s] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #183 Yosemite photograph Album Heading(Photograph Albums)HeadlineYosemite photograph AlbumDate Published[c.1900s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #184 Yosemite Valley 1911 photo album Heading(Photograph Albums)HeadlineYosemite Valley 1911 photo albumDate Published1911 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #185 Yosemite Valley photo album circa 1920 Heading(Photograph Albums)HeadlineYosemite Valley photo album circa 1920Date Published[c.1920?] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #198 My Trip to Yosemite: From the Journal of Emilie Sussman, 1872 AuthorSussman, EmilieHeadlineMy Trip to Yosemite signed by Emilie SussmanPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #201 Burnt section, 80 Feet from Stump, Mariposa Grove AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineBurnt section of Stump Taber Yosemite photoDate Published[late 1800's?] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #202 Lower Yosemite Fall AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineLower Yosemite Fall Taber photoDate Published[Late 1800s?] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #206 Sun Pictures of the Yo Semite Valley, Cal. Heading(Weed, Charles L. & Eadweard Muybridge)HeadlineSun Pictures with photos by Weed & MuybridgePublisherPublished by Coyne & Relyea; Knight & Leonard, PrintersDate Published1874 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$68,750StatusSold Lot #207 The Yosemite Book; a Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineYosemite Book with C.E. Watkins photographsPublisherPublished by Authority of the LegislatureDate Published1868 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #210 Carte-de-visite portrait of Therese Yelverton Heading(Yelverton, Therese [pseud. of Maria Theresa Longworth])HeadlineCarte de visite portrait of Therese YelvertonPublisherT. CranfieldDate Published[c.1870's?] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #214 Collection of 19 glass lantern slides of South Africa and Zulus Heading(Africa - Lantern SlidesHeadlineLantern slides of South AfricaDate Publishedc.1890's? View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #225 Notebook kept by an assistant duty officer of an aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy during World War II Heading(Japan - World War II)HeadlineNotebook of Japanese officer on aircraft carrier during WWIIDate Published1943-1944 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #232 Ethnographisches Materialen aus den Neues Hebriden und den Banks Inseln - a manuscript English translation of what appears to be a partial text of Speiser's first book [with] an archive of albumen photographs of Samoan islanders Heading(New Hebrides and Banks Islands)AuthorSpeiser, FelixHeadlineArchive related to Felix Speiser's New HebridesDate Publishedc. 1980's? View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #335 Letter by James DeNoon Reymert's nephew and law partner Heading(Arizona mining - Los Angeles Judge)AuthorReymert, TheodorHeadlineExpose letter about Arizona silver baron and Los Angeles judgeDate PublishedSept. 28, 1891 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #336 The Big Book of Barris AuthorBarris, George and David FetherstonHeadlineSigned by George BarrisPublisherEaston PressDate Published2003 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #342 WITHDRAWN - Boston Letter about a disappeared Forty-Niner Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorFullerton & RaymondHeadlineWITHDRAWN - 1849 Boston letter about a disappeared Forty-NinerDate PublishedMarch 6, 1849 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #360 Letter by the West Point and Columbia Math Professor who “dominated mathematics textbook writing in the nineteenth century” Heading(Mathematics)AuthorDavies, CharlesHeadline1847 Letter from West Point Prof. writer of best-selling Math textbooksDate PublishedMarch 30, 1847 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #371 Signed loan document, Pennsylvania 1785 Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineSigned loan document, Pennsylvania 1785Date Published1785 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next